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B. RUMPEL.

EXTENSION LOUNGE. No. 388,223. Patented Aug. Z1, 1888.

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BERNHARD RUMPEL, OF BROOKLYN, NFV YORK.

EXTENSION-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,223, dated August21, 1888.

Application filed April 17, NF8.

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that 1, BERNHARD RUi\1PI1L,ot` Brooklyn, New York, haveinvented a new and Improved ExtensiouLounge, of which the following is aspeci tication.

This invention relates to a lounge provided with a drawercontaining amattress. The seat of the lounge may be lowered so as to be in linehorizontally with such mattress, the whole thus constituting onecontinuous bed.

Theinventiou consists in the various features of improvement more fullypointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front View of the lounge.Fig. 2 is a similar view with the drawer removed. Fig. 3 is a back Viewof the lounge with the back partly removed and with the seat lowered.Fig. 4 is a crossvseetion on line x x, Figs. 1 and 2.

lhelettera represents the frame ot a lounge, which is open in front forthe acconnnodation of a drawer, b, beneath its seat. This frame issupported upon the legs d. The drawer b contains a mattress and otherkinds of bedding. It may be pushed in and ont and is supported at itsfront by legs d that are of the same length as the legs d. The seat crests upon a pair of ledges, e e, one of which has the offset c toprevent aceidental displacement. The seat c is pivoted to the baekfofthe lounge by a pair of slotted links, gl/1,- but at its right and leftend the seat is entirely disconnected l'rom the trame, so that it may betilted lengthwise. The ledges e e overhang or project inwardly from thehead and foot piece ofthe lounge, respeetively,and beneath each ledgethere is thus a free space for the temporary reception of one end oftheseat while it is being tilted.

In use the drawer b is first pulled out, as in Fig. 4. Then the seat cis by a strap, h, raised Serial No. 270,010. (No model.)

at one end to clear offset e, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.Next the seat is pushed back beneath the head-rest if, when it can beplaced flat upon the bottom j. Thus the seat c is brought in linehm'izontally with the mattress in the drawer b, the whole constitutingonecontinuousdoublebed. To close thclounge the seat c is again tiltedand replaced upon the ledges e, after which the drawer is pushed beneaththe seat.

It will be seen that in this lounge the seatframe is brought down to alevel with the drawer when the lounge is converted into a bed. Thus alow bed is obtained, which is very desirable.

I am aware that is not new to provide a lounge with a seat that may beslid outward, and with a false bottom that may be raised to a level withthe seat to i'orm a bed. Such a construction is, for example, shown inlatent No. 178.111, granted to W. ll. Buser May 30, 1876. Theobjectionable feature in constructions of this kind is that the bed ishigh in lieu of being low, and that the lower portion of the head-restis entirely covered np and out of use when the lounge is con verted intoa bed. This construction l do not claim; but

I do claim-- The combination, in asofa-frame,ot' a drawer sliding backand forth in said frame, ledges e c at each end ofsaid sofa-frame, and adetached seat frame normally suspended on said ledges and adapted to belowered to the space occupied by the drawer when the latter is drawn outto forni the bed, substantially as described.

BERN H ARD RU P EL.

lVitnesses:

F. v. Bmnsnu, ALFRED JoNGnMANs.

